Commissioners of Highways v. Quinn

Citations

• 136 Ill. 604
• 27 N.E. 187

Syllabus

<p>1. Appeal—action of highway commissioners—who may appeal. To entitle a person to appeal from the order of commissioners of highways laying out a new road or vacating a road, he must be the owner of land adjoining the road to be laid out or vacated, and this should be made to appear in his appeal.</p> <p>2. Same—former decisions. The decision of this court in Taylor v. Comrs. of Highways, 88 Ill. 526, holding that no person has the right of appeal from the decision of the commissioners of highways in laying out a new road or vacating an old one unless he is the owner of land adjoining such road, is followed and approved; and the case of- Whitmer v. Comrs. of Highways, 96 Ill. 292, in so far as it holds a right of appeal to a person who has no land adjoining the road, is overruled.</p>